"There is an urgent need for focused leadership of the TAC at this critical time in the life of the church. For the good of the church and your family, as well as for your own emotional, physical, and spiritual health, we prayerfully urge you to consider submitting your resignation as Primate forthwith.

"Because we are convinced that resolution of this matter is urgent for all parties concerned, we respectfully request a prompt response, and we await your reply.

"I wish to reiterate what I have said publicly in these past days, that the Church of Ireland does not regard a civil partnership as matrimony and that there are no proposals for the provision of rites of blessing for same gender relationships. I also wish to say that, as fellow human beings, homosexual people are entitled to be accorded the same respect and dignity as others.

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In today's run for president, we are seeing a variety of orthodox Christians and subsets of the Christian Faith that many consider heretical, if not cultish (like Mormonism), that have called forth personal statements on everything from evolution to abortion. When it comes to the religious beliefs of our would-be presidents, we are a little squeamish about probing too aggressively, writes Bill Keller of the New York Times.